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Gwalior. Urwai

1890

Photoglob Co.

(Zurich, active c. 1890–1910)
Culture
India
Medium
Photochrom
Measurements
Image: 20.6 x 26.6 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.); Paper: 20.6 x 26.6 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust 2018.218
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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These sculptures depict Jinas, who are venerated by followers of the Jain religion of India, one of the oldest religions in the world.

Description

The sculptures were carved into the steep sides of the cliffs below Gwalior’s fort in the mid-1400s, but the faces were re-cut after the images were defaced in 1527. The tiny visitors depicted on the road emphasize their
monumental scale. The colors in this image are imagined, added later in the studio in a lithographic printing process that produces colorized ink-on-paper prints from black-and-white photographic negatives.
A horizontally oriented photochrom depicts a massive cliff in sandy-brown and beige. Carved rock niches guide the eye toward a tall, rigid standing figure on our right and smaller seated figures on our left. Along a curved stone path in the lower foreground, several tiny people walk. Above the cliff, a wall supports a dense line of green trees against a pale sky. Rough textures and minimal shading stylize the cliff.

Gwalior. Urwai

1890

Photoglob Co.

(Zurich, active c. 1890–1910)
India

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